Unexpected Snow Day

The hot topic on the news and at work the past few days was the impending snow/sleet/freezing rain headed our way for Thursday.  On Tuesday they were calling for weather coming in sometime between midnight and sunrise, this kept shifting later and later and as of this morning it was predicted to start around noon. …

A Winter Project

I’ve finally given up on the idea of a 29er, more specifically my Cannondale F29.  It is a great bike, but I was just tired of playing around with the fit and what I saw as the limitations of being a short guy on a 29er.  I totally dig the lefty forks and still have…

Birthday Hike, RV Show, Then Knocked Flat

As per the usual I didn’t have to work on my birthday (it being a holiday and all).  So I took Codi out for a hike to the Rimrock Trail and to Mount Mitchell.  This is one of those trailheads that once you leave the main road, it is still almost 15 miles of narrow…

Twin Life

As my (our) birthday approaches, it always gets me thinking about life as a twin.  One of the questions that Paul and I have been asked multiple times over our lives is “What’s it like being a twin?”.  The simple answer is “I don’t know, what’s it like being a single?”.  You see, it’s not…

2016 Halloweenathon

I haven’t done any running races in the past 11 months.  After doing the Silver Falls Half Marathon last year, I was kind of just done with running.  I had some calf injuries leading up to last year’s race and was just sick and tired of being injured.  Cycling and hiking don’t destroy my body…

Deschutes River Old Railbed Trail

After the Klickitat Trail ride a couple weeks ago, I was committed to riding the old railbed trail out of the Deschutes River State Park . I wanted to hit it up before the end of 2016.  The weather here in the PDX area this October has been best described as crappy.  I saw on…